### SDF Specific Commands

Much of this was pulled from jwodder's reference, he deserves a huge thanks for putting this list together.

Informative Commands
address | prints out an address & paypal information for sending money to SDF; used by some other commands
arpa | prints out information about the ARPA membership level
bbs | gives information about purchasing a BBS documentary DVD set from SDF; seems to be a bit outdated
commands | prints out a list of basic Unix commands; also available as "unix"
dba | prints out information about the DBA membership
dialup | gives information on SDF's dialup internet service
downtime | displays the reason(s) for recent server downtime
dsl | refers the user to http://dsl.tenex.org to find out about the availability of SDF DSL in one's area
editors | displays the list of text editors from FAQ BASICS #09
faq | interactive command for viewing the SDF Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers); uses the same command set as bboard
gallery | lists some of the commands that users can use to contribute to the SDF galleries (see below)
games | prints a list of some of the games installed on SDF
getdialup | lists dialup internet services available in your area code
help | a small interactive program listing useful commands from certain categories. Note that this program is located at /usr/pkg/bin/help and is not to be confused with the help command built into most shells.
how | gives an overview of the types of memberships available
maxusers | displays the current record for the maximum number of users logged into SDF at once
meta | prints out information about the MetaARPA membership level
mil | gives information on how the validation process can be waived for those on active military duty
music | prints out information about purchasing the SDF music compilations
order | outdated command; now consists of a pointer to the store on SDF's website
software | lists the software packages available to the various membership levels
sticker | prints information on obtaining an SDF bumper sticker
twenex | prints out summaries of (most of) the user-contributed software in /sys/sdf/bin
unix | same as commands
vhost | prints out information about the VHOST membership
vpn | prints out information about the VPN membership
Inter-User Communication & Social Networking
bboard | bulletin board system for SDF
com (a.k.a. commode) | inter-user chat system for SDF
guestbook | sign or view the guestbook
happening | submit an anonymous journal entry or view a random entry
helpdesk | request help from & give help to other SDF users
mesg | send messages to other users
notes | leave urgent notes for other users
profiles | set up a profile for viewing by other SDF users
Account Management Commands
addlink | publish your website; invoked by mkhomepg
bksp | set your backspace key
greylist | toggle greylisting for your e-mail address(es) (VPM membership required)
maint | change your password, shell, & contact information
mdns | assign a domain name to a dynamic IP address (MetaARPA membership required); also available as "udns"
metaarray | For MetaARPA members. Will first generate a random login password for your MetaArray account followed by a random database password sent via local e-mail if you have a DBA membership. If you ever forget your MetaArray password or your MetaArray MySQL password, this will reset it.
mkcron | set up & manage cronjobs (MetaARPA membership required)
mkfinger | control what information to display for finger requests from remote hosts
mkgopher | set up a gopherspace on SDF
mkhomepg | set up a website on SDF
mkvhost | create & maintain DNS and/or VHOST membership features
mkvpm | manage virtual POP3 mailboxes (VPM membership required)
motd | manage MOTD membership
mypasswd | change your MySQL password.
phlog | list (or delist) your Gopher blog on SDF's registry of phlogs
reset-mysql | resets your MySQL password and sends you a new one via local mail.
setdialup | manage DIALUP membership
setgrp | add & remove users to & from your personal group (MetaARPA membership required)
setvmail | toggle e-mail addresses at various SDF domains (MetaARPA membership required)
setvpn | configure your PPTP VPN login on SDF (VPN membership required)
startsql | set up a MySQL database (DBA membership required)
tweak | redistribute your file storage quotas (TWEAK membership required)
udns | same as mdns
vpmclear | clear out a virtual POP3 mailbox (VPM membership required)
Account Information
disk | display filesystem usage for your home directory, mail spool, gopherspace, & webspace
domains | list the SDF domains available to you for webhosting & e-mail addresses
dues | give details on your membership dues
expire | show how long until your account expires (pre-validated users only)
vpmstat | display information about your virtual POP3 mailboxes (VPM membership required)
vpnstats | view VPN usage statistics (VPN membership required)
webquota | show web transfer quotas for your website
User Information
online | prints the amount of time that the given user (or yourself, if none is given) has spent logged in today; does not work correctly
sentry | prints notices of logins & logouts on the system
uinfo | print the date & time when the given user joined SDF & the various membership levels
url | print the URL at which the given SDF user's website is located
Gallery Commands
artgallery | add photography & artwork to the SDF art gallery
astrogallery | add astronomical photographs to the astro gallery
deskshots | add a picture of your computer desktop to the deskshots gallery
patches | add pictures of SDF 20^th anniversary patches to the patches gallery
sdfers | add a picture of yourself to the SDF member photos gallery
stickers | add pictures of SDF stickers to the SDF stickers gallery
vintage | add a picture of a vintage computer to the vintage computers gallery
Other
due (delete, undelete, expunge) | two-step file deletion for Unix machines. Currently, this program does not actually seem to be installed, but its source is available in /sys/sdf/src/due.
freeirc | allows non-ARPA members to use IRC on the weekend
game-review | submit a review for a game on ascii-games.org
instruct | manage student shell accounts (INSTRUCTOR membership required)
mkgallery | produce a thumbnail gallery page for the given images
mud | telnet to SDFmud
nospam | defers obvious spam messages to separate files; run nospam -i for more information
oneliner | print a random line by another SDF member, or add your own
pledge | pledge money to the SDF Public Access UNIX System
psh | the restricted shell used by pre-validated SDF accounts
quote | display the current price for a given stock; does not seem to currently be working properly
smj | print a random quote from the SDF sysadmin
surl | SDF's URL shortening service
teach | fill out a survey about virtual classes taught on SDF machines
thxmoo | a MOO based around the world of THX-1138
uinfo | account information for a given user or yourself
upload | wrapper around rz for uploading files
url | show the url for yourself or a given user
vote | vote on a currently open SDF ballot (ARPA membership required)

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